Engineering Management

12 Aug 2024 · 7 min read

What You’ll Actually Do As An Engineering Manager

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Engineering Management

5 Aug 2024 · 4 min read

How To Tell CTOs, Project, And Engineering Managers Apart

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Engineering Management

29 Jul 2024 · 7 min read

5 Crucial Ways Engineering Managers Contribute To Projects

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Engineering Management

22 Jul 2024 · 6 min read

How To Give Feedback To Former Teammates As An Engineering Manager

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Engineering Management

15 Jul 2024 · 6 min read

The Car And The Helicopter: Working With Emotions As An Engineering Manager

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Engineering Management

8 Jul 2024 · 7 min read

The Mindset You Need As An Engineering Manager

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Engineering Management

1 Jul 2024 · 7 min read

Engineers Code, Managers Coach (And Other Differences)

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Engineering Management

26 Jun 2024 · 15 min read

6 Harmful Misconceptions About Being An Engineering Manager

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Software Architecture

11 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Tiny Services, Big Results: Unlocking Velocity with Microservices

Imagine a giant, lumbering city bus trying to drive around narrow, winding roads versus a bunch of zippy little scooters that can navigate tight spots and zoom off quickly in

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Continous integration

10 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Trunk-based Development: Continuous Integration Approach for a Mid-sized Develpment Team

Does your team dread release days? Do your customers complain that upgrades break more things than they fix? Is your team burnt out trying to shove disjointed code together before

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Product management

9 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Outcomes Over Outputs: The PM’s North Star

After an extensive search, you hire your first dedicated product manager, hoping she will take your app to the next level. She impresses everyone with her sheer knowledge of methodology.

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Build vs Buy

8 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

The Perils of Reinventing the Wheel

You’ve been assigned to lead development on an important new feature for your company’s mobile app. This customized recommendation engine will be the backbone of a major update

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Business Analysis

7 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Speaking Two Languages: Bridging Business and Engineering

When you work as a software developer at a small startup, you wear many hats and have many responsibilities. You don’t benefit from having clearly defined product requirements handed

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Meetings

6 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Stay Sharp and Reduce Meetings with Async Communication

Time is extremely scarce. As an engineering manager, you constantly juggle meetings, one-on-ones, planning, reviews, communications, and a myriad of other things. Meetings end up being one of the biggest

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Meetings

5 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Lost in Translation: Decoding New Engineering Team Members

Have you ever been in a situation where you manage someone but don’t know how to evaluate their performance? That’s one of the trickiest problems of being a

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Transition to Management

4 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Why You May Want to Transition into Engineering Management

As a senior engineer, you likely feel fulfilled in your career. You can choose the projects, teams, and technologies you work on. Your expertise makes you valuable, with recruiters constantly

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Transition to Management

3 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Flying Blind: My Misadventures in First-time Management

I was very anxious when I first stepped into an engineering management role to lead a small development team. After years of working as a full-stack software developer, I was

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Scaling

2 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Stop Before You Bloat: Knowing When to Stop Scaling Your Engineering Team

Just yesterday, your development team was just a handful of eager engineers working long hours to build an MVP from duct tape and dreams. The sleepy startup became a hiring

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